Biography
Bud Yorkin (born February 22, 1926) is an American film and television producer, director, writer and actor. He directed and produced the 1958 TV special An Evening With Fred Astaire, which won nine Emmy Awards. Yorkin was born Alan David Yorkin in Washington, Pennsylvania. He earned a degree in engineering from Carnegie Tech, now Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. In 1956, he became the producer and director of Tennessee Ernie Ford's NBC comedy/variety program, The Ford Show. In 1963, ...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times"
2019
Original Series Creator
Live performances of classic holiday-themed episodes from Norman Lear's hit shows "All in the Family" and "Good Times."
Blade Runner 2049
2017
Producer
Thirty years after the events of the first film, a new blade runner, LAPD Officer K, unearths a long-buried secret that has the potential to plunge wh...
Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner
2007
as Self
The definitive 3½-hour documentary about the troubled creation and enduring legacy of the science fiction classic 'Blade Runner', culled from 80 inter...
On the Edge of 'Blade Runner'
2000
as Self
This is the rare UK Channel 4 documentary about Blade Runner, giving insights into it's history with interviews of Ridley Scott, the writers and nearl...
Intersection
1994
Producer
During a car accident, Vincent Eastman watches his whole life flash before his eyes, and he doesn't like what he sees. While maintaining the semblance...
For the Boys
1991
as Phil
Talented USO entertainer Dixie Leonard and comedian Eddie Sparks deal with their relationship over the course of 5 decades from World War II to the Vi...
Love Hurts
1990
Director, Producer
The story of Paul Weaver and his strained relationships with women and his family.
Arthur 2: On the Rocks
1988
Director
Arthur loses his fortune for staying with Linda, right as the two were preparing to adopt a child. As their marriage suffers, Arthur plans for a way t...
Twice in a Lifetime
1985
Director, Producer
A middle-aged steelworker is content with his job and his family, but feels that something is missing in his life. On his 50th birthday, he stops in a...
P.O.P.
1984
Director
A magazine editor battles her ex-con husband when he returns to the scene after a 21-year absence.
Deal of the Century
1983
Producer
Arms dealers from several companies vie to sell the most expensive and highest tech weapons to a South American dictator. There are complications; und...
Blade Runner
1982
Presenter
In the smog-choked dystopian Los Angeles of 2019, blade runner Rick Deckard is called out of retirement to terminate a quartet of replicants who have ...
I Love Liberty
1982
Executive Producer
An all-star variety special saluting America.
The Thief Who Came to Dinner
1973
Director, Producer
A computer programmer decides to become a thief. And when he starts making waves, an insurance investigator hounds him. He also meets a woman who beco...
Cold Turkey
1971
Executive Producer
Reverend Brooks leads his small Iowa town in a contest to stop smoking for a month. But some tobacco executives don't want them to win, and try everyt...
Start the Revolution Without Me
1970
Director, Producer
Two sets of identical twins are accidentally switched at birth. One pair, Phillipe and Pierre DeSisi, are aristocratic and haughty, while the other, C...
Inspector Clouseau
1968
Director
Detective Inspector Jacques Clouseau is borrowed from the Surete on special assignment for Scotland Yard in hopes that a fresh outlook will help the g...
Divorce American Style
1967
Director
After 17 years of marriage in American suburbia, Richard and Barbara Harmon step into the new world of divorce.
Never Too Late
1965
Director
A 60-year-old lumber supply businessman is dismayed to learn his 50-year-old wife is pregnant. A film adaptation of the hit Broadway comedy, with Paul...
Come Blow Your Horn
1963
Director, Producer
The story of a young man's decision to leave the home of his parents for the bachelor pad of his older brother who leads a swinging '60s lifestyle.
Another Evening with Fred Astaire
1959
Director
A one-hour live television special starring Fred Astaire.
An Evening with Fred Astaire
1958
Producer, Director
A one-hour live television special starring Fred Astaire.